Privacy & Safety

Designed with FERPA/COPPA-style protections in mind.

• What we collect

  A display name (not necessarily a real name), grade/class and written challenge reflections. PlantMax never collects photos. No location tracking, no advertising identifiers, no third-party data sharing.

• Who can see what

  Individual rankings are visible only inside a classroom group. The public leaderboard ranks schools, never students. There are no public, searchable profiles.

• Consent

  Students join through a teacher-created class code. Accounts activate once a district-wide agreement or an individual parent/guardian consent is on file, depending on the student's age.

• Photo guidelines

  Write about the action — what you did, saw and learned. Never include full names, addresses, phone numbers or your school's name. Use your own words. Spelling isn't graded.

• AI review

  The AI assistant checks your reflection is on-topic, long enough and safe — it never grades spelling. Your group leader always gives the final OK and decides the points.

• Content safety filter

  Every reflection and piece of typed text is screened for personal details (names, addresses, phone numbers), inappropriate language, bullying and signs of danger before anyone sees it. Escalated items are hidden, never scored, and sent to an administrator — and there's no point penalty for trying again.

• Wellbeing escalation

  If something suggests a student may be at risk, it goes straight to the teacher and school admin as a wellbeing follow-up rather than being silently deleted.

• Deletion

  Leaving a class or graduating removes the account, its reflections and its points. Teachers and school admins can trigger deletion at any time.